[Intro]
Em  D  C  B7
Em  D  C  B7
[Strophe]
Em         D                         C 
   You got the lights on in the afternoon 
        B7                            Em 
And the nights are drawn out long 
           D                          C 
And you're kissing to cut through the gloom 
       B7                            Em 
With a cough drop coloured tongue 
         D                              C 
You were sitting in the corner with the coats all piled high 
      B7                            Em 
And I thought you might be mine 
     D                                C 
In a small world on an exceptionally rainy Tuesday night 
       B7 
In the right place and time
[Refrain]
         Em                          D 
When the zeros line up on the twenty four hour clock 
         C                                  B7 
When you know who's calling even though the number is blocked 
         Em                                  D 
When you walked around your house wearing my sky blue Lacoste 
        C             B7 
And your knee socks
[Strophe]
Em           D                C 
   Well, you cured my January blues, 
          B7                     Em 
yeah, you made it all alright 
        D                               C 
I got a feeling I might've lit the very fuse 
         B7                          Em 
that you were trying not to light 
           D                              C 
You were a stranger in my phonebook I was acting like I knew 
        B7                    Em 
Cause I had nothing to lose 
         D                                      C 
When the winter's in full swing and your dreams just aren't coming true 
         B7 
Ain't it funny what you'll do?
[Refrain]
         Em                          D 
When the zeros line up on the twenty four hour clock 
         C                                  B7 
When you know who's calling even though the number is blocked 
         Em                                  D 
When you walked around your house wearing my sky blue Lacoste 
        C             B7 
And your knee socks
[Pont]
Am                           C 
In late afternoon, the ghost in your room 
                Em                           D 
That you always thought didn't approve of you knocking boots 
                  C                               B7 
Never stopped you letting me get hold of the sweet spot 
                     Em 
By the scruff of your  knee socks  
Em 
You and me could've been a team 
 
Each had a half of a king-and-queen seat 
 
Like the beginning of Mean Streets you could Be My Baby 
  
(The zeros lined up but the number's blocked)  
 
(When you've come undone)
[Refrain]
         Em                          D 
When the zeros line up on the twenty four hour clock 
         C                                  B7 
When you know who's calling even though the number is blocked 
         Em                                  D 
When you walked around your house wearing my sky blue Lacoste 
        C            B7 
And your knee socks  
         Em                          D 
When the zeros line up on the twenty four hour clock 
         C                                  B7 
When you know who's calling even though the number is blocked 
         Em                                  D 
When you walked around your house wearing my sky blue Lacoste 
        C            B7 
And your knee socks